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Android Devices Are Vulnerable To Heartbleed Bug

Many Android Devices Are Vulnerable To Heartbleed Bug. Google recently reported that Android OS are vulnerable to Heartbleed Bug. Ac...

Many Android Devices Are Vulnerable To Heartbleed
Bug. Google recently reported that Android OS are vulnerable to Heartbleed
Bug.

According to Google online security blog,
"We’ve assessed this vulnerability and applied patches to key Google
services such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Wallet, Play, Apps, and App Engine.
Google Chrome and Chrome OS are not affected. We are still working to
patch some other Google services. We regularly and proactively look for
vulnerabilities like this -- and encourage others to report them -- so that
that we can fix software flaws before they are exploited.

If you are a Google Cloud Platform or Google Search Appliance customer, or
don’t use the latest version of Android, here is what you need to know.

Cloud SQL
We are currently patching Cloud SQL, with the patch rolling out to all
instances today and tomorrow. In the meantime, users should use the IP
whitelisting function to ensure that only known hosts can access their
instances.

Android
All versions of Android are immune to CVE-2014-0160 (with the limited exception
of Android 4.1.1; patching information for Android 4.1.1 is being distributed
to Android partners."

What is Heartbleed Bug?
The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of the
systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software.

The Heartbleed vulnerability exposed this week. Bug effected OpenSSL versions
released in past two years. In vulnerable system, hackers can collect all
encrypted data from a website's server before its deleted can say Zero day
vulnerability.

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